Lower Extremity Microembolism in Open vs. Endovascular Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair

Abstract:Although previous studies have documented the occurrence of microembolization during abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repair by both open and endovascular approaches, no study has compared the downstream effects of these two repair techniques on lower extremity hemodynamics .In this prosp...

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Main Authors: Shahab eToursavadkohi, Stavros K. Kakkos, Ilan eRubinfeld, Alexander eShepard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Surgery
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fsurg.2016.00018/full